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Re: how long until you get a lap
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat May 12 11:20:03 2007
It took about 6 months from when the pain started to getting my first
lap. I'm kind of lucky because I'm active duty military so cost isn't
an issue. They saw endo, but the lab work couldn't confirm it. I tried
lupron and it didn't help. I spent some time exploring other options
and have been tested for gi probs, kidney probs, liver probs, and just
about everything else that could posably be wronge down there. The
bottom drawer of my nightstand is filled with different prescriptions,
Eleven in total. Some I take daily(like the vicodin) some I don't (like
the Naproxen) some I take to counter act side effect of others (like one
to prevent ulcers from the noproxen). almost exactly a year after my
first surgury we are going to try it again next week. My advice is get
the surgery and even if it doesn't exactly show anything, don't give up.
My second bit of advice is find a doctor you can trust. In the past
year and a half I've seen over a dozen doctors, but one has stuck with
me in between and at least managed my pain. He's made life in pain alot
more barable.
-Angie
At Sat, 12 May 2007, D wrote:
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>When to have a lap depends a mostly on you and how much the pain and
>symptoms are interfering with your life, and then of course on your
>doctor(s) - first finding one who agrees that you need a lap, and then
>finding one who has a lot of skills and experience thoroughly removing
>the disease by excising it, which means they cut it out rather than
>burning it by ablation, cautery, etc. The doctor that first recommends
>a lap may not be the doctor you want actually doing it! As a lot of
>responders have noted, it's best to go to a specialist whose practice
>centers specifically on endo patients.
>
>When my pain first started getting bad a couple years ago, I didn't have
>insurance and I certainly couldn't afford a specialist. I was put on
>birth control pills continuously, and once I found one that worked the
>pain and symptoms started getting better - for a while. They helped for
>about 8 months, during which time I still needed vicodin, but much less
>than before. The pain did start coming back, which is to be expected,
>but it bought me enough time and pain relief that I was able to get a
>fulltime job with insurance. Once I got insurance, I had a lap with a
>local obgyn - that didn't work. Now I'm in pain management, waiting to
>change insurance to a PPO this summer so I can go to an excision
>specialist. I wish I'd gone to a specialist the first time around,
>maybe this wouldn't be dragging on, and I wouldn't still be on a bunch
>of pain meds!
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>At Fri, 11 May 2007, frogggerz wrote:
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>>I have had pelvic pain everyday for over a year now. Just in the past
>>few months I've been having painful intercourse and periods. How long
>>did you have to wait to have a lap done?
>
>--
>Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
>
>Try an excellent endo support group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
>
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